Sprayer.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CTIBOOZ AND LISANDER LOSURE, F VAN BUREN', INDIANA, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO LOSURE SPRAY MFG. 00., OF VAN BUREN',

T INDIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat we, WILLIAM C. Booz and LISANDER Losunn, citizens of the United States, residing at Van Buren, 1n the county of Grant arid State of Indiana, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Sprayers, of which the following is v a specification.

: crease the efficiency and utility of devices of this character.

.-Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a device of this character including a tank for the spraying liquid mounted to swing upon suitable carrier wheels so that agitated to thoroughly m1x .5

the tank-may be the contents and provided with an air pump whereby compressedair may be en plied to the tank to force the liquid there om and with means for holding the tank stationary durin thepumping action.

Wit these and other objects in view, the

' invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is aside elevation of the improved apparatus; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is detail of the grip device of the spray pipe.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indi-- cated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a supporting frame 10, preferably oblong, and mounted upon an axle 11 having carrier wheels 12 and with a transverse handle 13 carrier frame is a tank 14 of any suitable at one end. The major portion of the frame 10 is located rearwardly or at the handle end of the frame, and mounted upon the material and of any suitable size, but preferably of sheet or plate metal. The tank is located at the opposite endof the frame to the handle 13 and is thus supported sub stantially midway its ends upon the axle of the wheels '12. Mounted upon the tank 14 is an air pump 15, the I pump being preferably located at the rear end ofthe tank so that its weight is borne rearwardly of the an enlarged sectional Application filed November 8, 1911. Serial No. 659,231.

;axle. The tank and the pump are retained in position by clamp bolts 36 or other suit able fastening devices and preferably by utillzing the straps 16 for receiving the bolts, as shown. The pump 15 is provided .with the usual piston whose rod 17 is arranged to be actuated by an operating lever '18, the'latter being ivoted at 19 to a link F20 leading from the fiame 10 and pivoted at a 21 thereto. It will be noted that the operat- .ing lever 18 is located at a point convenient- Eto the handle 13, so that the operator can -support the tank by the handle 13 and rap idly agitate the tank by the tilting movement upon its axle while at the same time actuating y las herea ter more fully described.

Leading from the cylinder of the pump 15 is a discharge pipe 22 connected into'a- T L23 which in turn leads into the tank 1 1. A ;pressure gage 24 is connected into the pipe :22 to enable the operator to control the pres-.

sure,in the tank.

The T-member 23 is provided with a detachable plug .25, preferably provided'with an operating lever 26 to provide simple and convenient means for charging the tank.

Leading from the tank 14 preferably near its bottom, is a hose nipple 27 to receive a section of discharge hose 28, the inner end of the nipple being connected to a pipe, in-

dicated at 37, which extends entirely through the interior of the tank longitudinally and terminates near the rear end and at its lowest point, whereby the discharge of the tank.is located at the farthest possible point from its intake. Connected to the dis charge end of the hose 28, is a spray pipe 29 having a spray nozzle 30 at its free end and provided with a controlling valve 31. Connected rigidly to the pipe 29, preferably near the hose connection 28, is a hand grip 32, and slidably arranged upon the pipe 29 is another similar hand grip 33. Supporting hooks 34 are preferably provided upon the frame-10 to support the pipe 29 when not in use.

Projecting downwardly from the handle 13 are spurs 35 adapted to be forced into. the ground to hold the frame 10 and the tank in stationary position when first charging the tank with compressed air. When thus employing the device the operator forces the spurs into the ground and holds the handle in its depressed position with one spray pipe, the stationary hand grip 32 and the movable hand grip 33 materlal facilitating the convenience of the action, and enabling the operator. to readily move the nozzle end of the spray into any required position and without imparting unnecessary friction to the hands, as the friction of the movement is confined almost entirely between the slidable handle 33 and the pipe 29.

The improved device may be constructed of any required size and may be of any suitable material and employed for projectis claime ing any ofthe various spray compounds employed. Havin thus described the invention, what as new is:

1. In a sprayer, an axle, bearing wheels 7 carried by the axle, a frame mounted for swinging movement on the axlei a supply tank mounted on the frame an centrallyover the axle, a pipe extending from a point a exterior of the tank throughhthe forward end of the tank and terminatin adjacent swr'lg to tilt the tank and to hold the frame and tank in inclined position with its rear end lowermost.

2. In a sprayer, a supporting frame including spaced side members connected at one end by a handle, prongs carried by the handle and adapted, for engagement in the ground, a tank mounted upon that end of the frame opposite the handle, means including a pump having a piston rodfor forcing air into said tank, a lever pivoted intermediate its length to the free end of the piston rod, a pair of links, each of said links pivoted at one end to a side member of the frame and at its'other end to one end of the said lever, and a discharge pipe leading from said tank. 1

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM ossooz.

LISANDER LOSURE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED HocsToN, Y GUY DUCKWALL. 

